Tuen Kit Lee is led away in handcuffs on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Danville, Calif. The fugitive dubbed the "bad breath rapist" was arrested in the San Francisco Bay area more than 16 years after he fled following his conviction for sexually assaulting a co-worker in Massachusetts, authorities said this week. U.S. Marshals Service/AP hide caption
Alondra Mercado, a community health worker with the Central California Asthma Collaborative, helps provide services through an ambitious California Medicaid initiative. On a recent morning in March, she visited a family in Turlock to teach a mother how to control in-home asthma triggers that cause flare-ups in her young son. Angela Hart/KFF Health News hide caption
Brian Wilson, performing in Los Angeles in 2015. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Louis Sahagún at the Los Angeles River. Christopher Intagliata/NPR hide caption
Louis Sahagún. Christopher Intagliata/NPR hide caption
FILE - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waits to speak during a news conference in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2023. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
Some California users of Google were not able to access local news on Friday after the tech giant restricted news links in the state in response to a bill that would force the tech giant to pay publishers. Don Ryan/AP hide caption
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says legalization has increased incentives for unlicensed cannabis farms and associated violent crime. Martin Kaste/NPR hide caption
A McDonald's worker hands food to a customer at a drive-thru window in Los Angeles, on Sept. 28. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Chevron operates a major refinery in Richmond, Calif., a community with high childhood asthma rates. It also owns the city's dominant news site, putting its own spin on events, and runs similar websites in Texas and Ecuador. Tracy J. Lee for NPR hide caption
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in support of Proposition 1, a $6.38 billion bond ballot measure, during a news conference at the Los Angeles General Medical Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Students finish their lunch at Lowell Elementary School in Albuquerque, N.M., on Aug. 22, 2023. A legislative proposal would ban six artificial food dyes in California schools. Susan Montoya Bryan/AP hide caption
The site of a head-on crash involving a van and a pickup truck where eight people were killed is checked in Madera County, Calif., on Friday. Anthony Galaviz/AP hide caption
San Jose: Search and rescue workers check a car trapped in flooding after heavy rain caused the Guadalupe River to overflow its banks, Sunday. Noah Berger/AP hide caption